August 14, 2008

This is a glass vase I decoupaged with pages from an old hymn book I found in the dumpster. Here's what I did if you want to give it a whirl.

1. Tear up some thinnish paper into pieces no bigger than 1-1/2 inches across. (The tighter the curve, the smaller the pieces you should use. If you're pasting paper onto something flat, you can use pieces as big as you want.)

2. Paint the back of the paper with Mod Podge (I used matte) and stick the paper onto your surface. Then paint more glue over the top of the paper and use your finger to smooth out the wrinkles. Cover the whole surface of your object, one piece of paper at a time. Let dry.

3. Paint on decorations with acrylic paint, or paste on some colorful paper shapes with more Mod Podge. I painted on this stripe at the top.

thank you so much for this post! i recently purchased over 5000 vintage french wine labels for a client of mine who is building a boutique winery and loves contemporary art. my plan is to decoupage the labels on to large pre-stretched canvas. not sure if we are going to organize the labels by color, region, vintage or what, but i am SO excited about the project. and after seeing this post i feel much more confident. thanks again!

Melissa, you might also check out acrylic gel medium (Liquitex and Golden are two common brands). It MIGHT work a little better with canvas; not sure. I think it's probably higher quality stuff. It's thicker, so you might need to thin it with water. (You use the same technique of putting some on the back and the front of the paper.) It's what I've used with canvas before. (Like here. Get some of each and test it--worth it if you're doing that many.

That's funny, I just mod podged something today for the first time in my life...no instructions, just did it...I can't say it was the best time I have ever had in my life...but maybe next time I will try something pretty like yours...thanks!

What a brilliant idea! Though I have to admit I don't have much for a collection of vases, many have fallen victim to run-through-shattering. You inspire me to go find some at a thrift store and give new life to though!

Ah, memories! I cannot tell you how many things I've covered with ModPodge in my youth. I even made a bedside bookcase out of an apple crate - covered it with cardboard and ModPodged color comic strips from the Sunday paper on it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.~Elaine~

Did you know you were featured on Threadbangers.com? I stumbled across that site and was cruising through it when I saw the featurette. I felt cool that I already knew about your blog and here it was featured. You rock!

Overabundance, I have my doubts. The chemical process would need to be different, I bet. You could always cut out your shapes with an X-acto knife before sticking the paper on. Hmmm.... that's a great idea...